The odour came from "inadequate landfill gas extraction systems," and affected residents in Minchinbury, Eastern Creek and Horsley Park.
Residents of a western Sydney suburb have been vindicated after a waste company was fined $280,000 due to "offensive odours" wafting from a landfill in Eastern Creek.
Today Dial-A-Dump, a subsidiary of Bingo Industries, was handed a $280,000 fine and was ordered to pay the EPA's investigation cost of $42,575, still to be agreed to by the parties. NSW EPA Executive Director Regulatory Operations Jason Gordon said the correct systems should have been in place.Today Dial-A-Dump, a subsidiary of Bingo Industries, was handed a $280,000 fine.
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